Wireless communication apparatus , wireless communication system and wireless communication method
View Patent ↗A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication apparatus, a second wireless communication apparatus, and a third wireless communication apparatus which operates as a control station of controlling the first and second wireless communication apparatuses. The third wireless communication apparatus receives data from the first wireless communication apparatus using a first slot, and sends the received data to the second wireless communication apparatus and an acknowledgment of reception of the data to the first wireless communication apparatus using a second slot.
1. A wireless communication apparatus which operates as a control station of controlling a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication apparatus comprising:
a controller which receives data from the first wireless communication apparatus using a first slot, and sends the received data to the second wireless communication apparatus and an acknowledgment of reception of the data to the first wireless communication apparatus, wherein the controller divides the data transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus using the first slot into two divisional data, sends one of the two divisional data to the second wireless communication apparatus using the second slot and the other divisional data to the second wireless communication apparatus third slot, sends a control signal for maintaining a synchronization using one of the second slot and the third slot, and sends an acknowledgment of reception of the data to the first wireless communication apparatus using the other of the second slot and the third slot.
2. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communicator which communicates a signal with the first and second wireless communication apparatuses in accordance with TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) scheme;
the controller causes the first and second wireless communication apparatuses to synchronize with the wireless communication apparatus by sending a control signal to the first and second wireless communication apparatuses via the communicator.
3. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller designates the first slot and the second slot and sends information indicating the first slot and the second slot while being contained in the control signal to the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus prior to sending one of the two divisional data to the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein the first slot is used for receiving the data from the first wireless communication apparatus and the second slot is used for sending one of the two divisional data to the second wireless communication apparatus.
4. A wireless communication system, comprising the first wireless communication apparatus, the second wireless communication apparatus, and the wireless communication apparatus according to claim 3 as a third wireless communication apparatus, wherein
the first wireless communication apparatus includes a first communicator which performs a signal communication with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA scheme, and
the second wireless communication apparatus includes a second communicator which performs a signal communication with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA scheme.
5. The wireless communication system according to claim 4 , wherein
the first wireless communication apparatus further includes:
a first master unit detector which synchronizes the first wireless communication apparatus with the third wireless communication apparatus by detecting a control signal transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus and received by the first communicator; and
a first storage which stores information necessary for synchronization with the third wireless communication apparatus,
the second wireless communication apparatus further includes:
a second master unit detector which synchronizes the second wireless communication apparatus with the third wireless communication apparatus by detecting a control signal transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus and received by the second communicator; and
a second storage which stores information necessary for synchronization with the third wireless communication apparatus,
the controller of the third wireless communication apparatus controls a transfer operation of receiving data from the first wireless communication apparatus and transferring the received data to the second wireless communication apparatus,
the first wireless communication apparatus sends data using the first slot according to the information contained in the control signal,
the second wireless communication apparatus receives the two divisional data from the third wireless communication apparatus using the second slot anal the third slot according to the information contained in the control signal, and
the first wireless communication apparatus receives the acknowledgement from the third wireless communication apparatus using one of the second slot and the third slot according to the information contained in the control signal.
6. A wireless communication system, comprising the first wireless communication apparatus, the second wireless communication apparatus, and the wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 as a third wireless communication apparatus, wherein
the first wireless communication apparatus receives the acknowledgement which is transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus using the other of the second slot and the third slot,
the second wireless communication apparatus receives the one of the two divisional data which is transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus using the second slot.
7. A wireless communication system, comprising the first wireless communication apparatus, the second wireless communication apparatus, and the wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 as a third wireless communication apparatus, wherein
the first wireless communication apparatus receives the acknowledgement which is transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus using the other of the second slot and the third slot, and
the second wireless communication apparatus receives the two divisional data which are transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus using both the second slot and the third slot.
8. The wireless communication system according to claim 7 , wherein
the first wireless communication apparatus includes a first communicator which communicates a signal with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) scheme,
the second wireless communication apparatus includes a second communicator which communicates a signal with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA scheme,
the third wireless communication apparatus includes a third communicator which communicates a signal with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA scheme, and
the controller causes the first and second wireless communication apparatuses to synchronize with the third wireless communication apparatus by sending a control signal to the first and second wireless communication apparatuses via the communicator.
9. A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system comprising a first wireless communication apparatus, a second wireless communication apparatus, and a third wireless communication apparatus which operates as a control station of controlling the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein
the first wireless communication apparatus includes:
a first communicator which performs a signal communication with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) scheme;
a first master unit detector which synchronizes the first wireless communication apparatus with the third wireless communication apparatus by detecting a control signal transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus and received by the first communicator; and
a first storage which stores information necessary for synchronization with the third wireless communication apparatus,
the second wireless communication apparatus includes:
a second communicator which performs a signal communication with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA scheme;
a second master unit detector which synchronizes the second wireless communication apparatus with the third wireless communication apparatus by detecting a control signal transmitted from the third wireless communication apparatus and received by the second communicator; and
a second storage which stores information necessary for synchronization with the third wireless communication apparatus,
the third wireless communication apparatus includes:
a third communicator which performs a signal communication with a different wireless communication apparatus in accordance with TDMA scheme; and
a controller which causes the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus to synchronize with the third wireless communication apparatus by sending a control signal to the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus using the third communicator, and to control a transfer operation of receiving data from the first wireless communication apparatus and transferring the received data to the second wireless communication apparatus,
the wireless communication method comprising:
designating, by the third wireless communication apparatus, a first slot and a second slot and sends information indicating the first slot and the second slot while being contained in the control signal to the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus prior to the transfer operation, wherein the first slot is used for receiving the data from the first wireless communication apparatus and the second slot is used for sending the received data to the second wireless communication apparatus, and
the transfer operation includes
sending data from the first wireless communication apparatus using the first slot according to the information contained in the control signal,
receiving the data by the third wireless communication apparatus from the first wireless communication apparatus using the first slot,
sending the received data to the second wireless communication apparatus and an acknowledgment of reception of the data to the first wireless communication apparatus using the second slot from the third wireless communication apparatus,
receiving the data by the second wireless communication apparatus from the third wireless communication apparatus using the second slot according to the information contained in the control signal, and
receiving the acknowledgement by the first wireless communication apparatus from the third wireless communication apparatus using the second slot according to the information contained in the control signal.